Interspill Conference, London, 13-15 March – IG attendance

26/02/2018

2018/19 Pool and GXL Reinsurance contract structure

20/02/2018

As previously reported, there have been some structural changes in the Group pooling arrangements for the 2018/19 policy year. A diagram showing the 2018/19 Pool and GXL reinsurance contract structures, and an explanation of the changes can be accessed here.

13/12/2017

Australian Government (AMSA) Salvage and Wreck Workshop 28-29 November 2017

01/12/2017

The Group was invited by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) to participate and present at its two-day Salvage and Wreck workshop held at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney on 28 and 29 November 2017.

EU Guidelines on Places of Refuge

31/01/2017

Following consultation and engagement with the International Group and other industry partners, the European Union has built on the existing IMO Guidelines on places of refuge, establishing a framework of duties and obligations on all the parties involved when ships are in need of assistance.

International Group signs Funding of Interim Payments Agreement with the 1992 IOPC Fund

23/12/2016

Exhibition to mark 50 years of government and industry working together to address the risk of oil pollution from ships

21/12/2016

The International Group is collaborating with the IMO, IOPC Funds and other industry organisations to produce an exhibition at the IMO to mark the achievements of the international community over the past 50 years to achieve a sustained reduction in major oil spills from ships; to establish effective systems for preparedness and response if there is an incident; and to create a comprehensive mechanism for providing compensation.

CINS Member and Board meetings – International Group Participation

07/12/2016

Piracy – EU Council Decision to extend the mandate of operation Atalanta until December 2018

29/11/2016

On 28 November 2016, the EU Council, following a strategic review, confirmed the extension of the mandate of operation Atalanta to contribute to the deterrence, prevention and repression of acts of piracy and armed robbery of the Somali coast until December 2018

29/11/2016

The Group was invited to participate in presentation and panel sessions along with other Marine insurer and shipowner representatives at the Fourth Asia Marine Insurance Conference held in Hong Kong on 24th/25th of October 2016.

IOPC Funds Meetings Oct. 2016 - International Group Attendance

17/10/2016

The International Group attended and took the lead industry role in the discussions at the October 2016 meetings of the IOPC Funds, in particular on the discussions on the funding of interim payments, the review of STOPIA & TOPIA.

IMO Legal Committee - International Group attendance

13/06/2016

Group participates in Maritime New Zealand Training and Preparedness Exercise-May 2016

02/06/2016

Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding signed in April 2015 between the Group and Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) regarding the response to major casualties and incidents involving salvage and wreck removal, Michael Kelleher of the West of England and the chairman of the Group’s Large Casualty Working Group attended “Exercise Whakautu II: 2016”, a training exercise to test MNZ’s preparedness for a major salvage, pollution and wreck removal event.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF THE INSURANCE BLOCK EXEMPTION (“IBER”)

27/05/2016

General Average “York Antwerp Rules 2016” adopted by the Comite Maritime International (CMI)

24/05/2016

After four years of consultation and review by a CMI International Working Group (“IWG”) on which the Group participated, along with shipowner and property insurer representatives, adjusters and National Maritime Law Association representatives, the York Antwerp Rules 2016 were adopted by the CMI Assembly at its conference in New York in early May.